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17-Jun-2016 Vieuws
Member states to give greenlight to opening FTA talks with Indonesia
EU member states are expected to give their formal greenlight to the opening of negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA) with Indonesia. -
17-Jun-2016 Stop TTIP
Do the CETA CHECK
Ask Members of the European Parliament about the planned free trade agreement between the EU and Canada (CETA). Let’s remove the secrecy behind CETA and bring the discussion out into the open! -
17-Jun-2016 The Guardian
New rules to regulate Europe’s hormone-disrupting chemicals
European commission launches world’s first system for classifying and banning endocrine disruptors against a barrage of criticism -
17-Jun-2016 Business Day
Investment act may clash with SADC treaty
Legal practitioners have been saying for some time now that SA’s Protection of Investment Act is not in sync with the country’s commitments under the Southern African Development Community Protocol on Finance and Investment. -
17-Jun-2016 Inquirer
DOE seeks end to Shell arbitration case
The Philippine government seeks to resolve the international arbitration case with operators of the Malampaya gas platform led by Royal Dutch Shell plc. -
16-Jun-2016 Korea Herald
Korea-Colombia FTA to be effective July
Colombia informed South Korea earlier in the day that it has completed the ratification process of the deal clinched in 2013, adding that the deal will go into effect on July 15. -
16-Jun-2016 EurActiv
TTIP talks bogged down in food standards debate
Seemingly insurmountable differences in food standards are threatening to sink trade negotiations between the United States and the European Union. -
16-Jun-2016 ICTSD
Argentina welcomed as Pacific Alliance observer
Argentina is now an official observer to the Pacific Alliance, the South American bloc that includes Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru as full members. -
16-Jun-2016 PowerShift
ISDS - Corporate weapon against public policies worldwide
The 16 clips of this playlist were produced by members of the S2B network as part of the project "Making EU investment policy work for development".
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15-Jun-2016 Global Trade Review
Arbitration on the rise in Asian trade
There has been a rise in investment arbitrations arising out of investment agreements in Asia -
15-Jun-2016 Pakistan Herald
Govt to review all preferential trade agreements
The government decided to review all existing preferential trade pacts through which Pakistan conducts its trade on preferable terms with other countries on bilateral basis. -
15-Jun-2016 Scoop
RCEP ‘stakeholder’ process just ticks the box
A new era of openness? RCEP ‘stakeholder’ process just ticks the box -
15-Jun-2016 CCPA
Foreign investor protections in the Trans-Pacific Partnership
This study examines the special privileges, enforced through investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS), which would be given to foreign investors under the TPP. -
15-Jun-2016 IISD
An interview with Lauge Poulsen, author of Bounded Rationality and Economic Diplomacy
Lauge Poulsen is a Lecturer in International Political Economy at University College London. His recent book explains why and how developing countries signed up to investment treaties.
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15-Jun-2016 Friends of the Earth Hungary
Green NGOs welcome the parliamentary resolution on the free trade agreements
Environmentalists urge the government to turn to the European Court of Justice on the issue of the planned Investment Court System. -
14-Jun-2016
PACER-plus draft chapters (2013-2016)
17 leaked chapters dated from 2013 to 2016 -
14-Jun-2016 Huffington Post
Pebble mine: Canadian mining company threatens to stick U.S. taxpayers with costs of “potentially catastrophic” mining scheme
Northern Dynasty is prepared to file a claim for “arbitration” under NAFTA, seeking compensation for the failure of the Pebble Mine project to move forward to federal permitting. -
14-Jun-2016 Radio NZ
Report condemns PACER Plus process
A new report says Pacific Island countries should walk away from the proposed PACER Plus free trade agreement, suggesting it puts Australia and New Zealand’s interests ahead of the Pacific. -
14-Jun-2016 TNI
Unmasked: Corporate rights in the renewed Mexico-EU FTA
The EU and Mexico launch negotiations for a ‘modernised’ Free Trade Agreement. A key feature is the investment protection chapter which grants major multinational companies in Mexico and the EU the exclusive right to challenge democratic decisions. -
14-Jun-2016 Manila Times
Sugar talks with Japan in crucial phase
The Philippines has been seeking review of JPEPA since Japan has not fulfilled its commitments under the agreement.